British Literature Final Project Report on a nineteenth- or twentieth-century British author (of adults' or children’s literature) that has not been covered. Focus on at least one major literary work by that author which you have read.
Hint: Save everything you find either in a word document OR save your links in your favorites. You will need this information at a later time.Days 1-2 Step One:Choose one British author that you will focus on. No repeats in the class, so sign up with Mrs. Rowell as soon as you decide. Katelyn: JRR Tolkien
Zac: Jonathan Swift
Annika: Charles Dickens
Mia: JK Rowling
Miranda: George Orwell
Claire: Emily Brontë
*list of British authors can be found here. (scroll down until you reach 19th century English language literature)
Step Two, Answer the following questions:
When and were were they born:
20 Facts about their background and/or life:
Bibliography of major works:
Step 3:
Choose 3 of their major works that you will summarize.
Days 2-6Create a PowerPoint presentation of the infomation you gathered in Step 2
Rules:*Cover page is required, of course
*Don't overload your pages with facts. Better to have more slides with less information than a whole lot of stuff crammed onto a couple pages*Two slides should be very short summaries of two of the author's works. This can all be found on Wikipedia.*The third work, I want you to go into greater detail. Spend some time examining characters, plot, and setting. NO, I do not expect you to read this whole book, Sparknotes will suffice. Stuff You Should Already Know:
*Obviously there should be graphics on each page, a font I can read, and slide/font colors that won't make me or your classmates blind
*If you read directly off of your slide (or simply add a word or two), your slide will be marked as zero points.
British Literature Presentation Rubric
Category
10
7
5
3
Introduction
Fully captures the attention of the audience. Topic has a clear focus.
Captures the attention of the audience. Topic is mostly focused.
Few audience members seem interested. Topic focus is vague.
Audience is not captured. No topic focus.
Organization
Presents findings and conclusions in an organized manner.
Presents findings and conclusions with some degree of organization.
Information and graphics are placed haphazardly on the page.
The presentation is disorganized.
PresentationX5
Information on slides is kept short and group can expand on facts during presentation.
Information on slides contains many sentences and group has some difficulty expanding facts.
Information on slides contains many sentences and group has difficulty expanding facts.
Information on slides contains many sentences and group cannot expand on facts.
Visuals
All graphics are attractive and support the topic of the presentation. Font formats have been carefully planned to enhance readability.
A few graphics are not attractive but all support the content of the presentation. Font formats have been planned to enhance readability.
All graphics are attractive but a few do not seem to support the content of the presentation. Font formats have been planned to complement topic, but may be a little difficult to read.
Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation. Font formats makes it difficult to read the material.
Spelling and Grammar
Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.
Presentation has 1–2 misspellings, but no grammatical error.
Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors, but not misspellings.
Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
InformationX3
Covers topic completely and in depth. All content throughout presentation is accurate
Includes essential information. Most of the content is accurate
Includes some essential information. The content is generally accurate,
Includes little essential information. Content is typically confusing
Report on a nineteenth- or twentieth-century British author (of adults' or children’s literature) that has not been covered. Focus on at least one major literary work by that author which you have read.
Hint: Save everything you find either in a word document OR save your links in your favorites. You will need this information at a later time.Days 1-2
Step One: Choose one British author that you will focus on. No repeats in the class, so sign up with Mrs. Rowell as soon as you decide.
Katelyn: JRR Tolkien
Zac: Jonathan Swift
Annika: Charles Dickens
Mia: JK RowlingMiranda: George Orwell
Claire: Emily Brontë
*list of British authors can be found here. (scroll down until you reach 19th century English language literature)
Step Two, Answer the following questions:
When and were were they born:
20 Facts about their background and/or life:
Bibliography of major works:
Step 3:
Choose 3 of their major works that you will summarize.
Days 2-6Create a PowerPoint presentation of the infomation you gathered in Step 2
Rules:*Cover page is required, of course
*Don't overload your pages with facts. Better to have more slides with less information than a whole lot of stuff crammed onto a couple pages*Two slides should be very short summaries of two of the author's works. This can all be found on Wikipedia.*The third work, I want you to go into greater detail. Spend some time examining characters, plot, and setting. NO, I do not expect you to read this whole book, Sparknotes will suffice.
Stuff You Should Already Know:
*Obviously there should be graphics on each page, a font I can read, and slide/font colors that won't make me or your classmates blind
*If you read directly off of your slide (or simply add a word or two), your slide will be marked as zero points.
British Literature Presentation Rubric
Topic focus is vague.
No topic focus.
Font formats have been planned to enhance readability.
Font formats have been planned to complement topic, but may be a little difficult to read.
Font formats makes it difficult to read the material.
completely and
in depth. All
content
throughout
presentation is
accurate
essential
information.
Most of the
content is
accurate
essential
information. The
content is
generally
accurate,
essential
information.
Content is
typically
confusing
Total points: ___/120